Alnwick Castle in Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1NQ has a discounted ticket off available at the moment – entry to the Castle for £9 for one adult, £13 for one adult and one child or £22 for a family of six (two adults and up to four children). You can even upgrade these ticket prices to annual passes for £2.50 for the adult ticket offer, £4 for the one adult and one child tickets or £8 for the six person family ticket.

“Some people say there are only seven stories in the world but a thousand different ways of telling them. Seven Stories is about the thousand ways.”

Seven Stories National Centre For Children’s Books can be found under the Byker Bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne‘s Ouseburn Valley (30-34 Lime Street, Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ). Seven Stories is a great day out for the whole family, visitors can explore the amazing world of children’s books where magical words and pictures are brought to life through exhibitions, activities and special events. Explore your own creativity through writing, illustration and crafts or uncover a world of storytelling with dressing up and dramatic fun in the Seven Stories theatre. The Seven Stories Visitor Centre also includes an independent children’s bookshop and café with a great selection of home cooked food.

The voucher below is valid from tomorrow and enables free child admission with a paying adult. The Seven Stories voucher download link is beneath the preview…

If you’re looking for Seven Stories in Ouseburn Valley Newcastle upon Tyne hotel accommodation our bed and breakfast availability is here: online booking. Room information including photographs can be found on our bedrooms page.

Looking for something to do with kids over the half term? Age of the Dinosaur, a Natural History Exhibition, opens at Newcastle upon Tyne’s Life Science Centre, Times Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4EP this Saturday 25th May 2013 with real specimens, full-scale animatronics and stunning film footage. See it first and for less with free child admission with every full-paying adult using the voucher below…

More information about the Age of the Dinosaur, Natural History Exhibition…

Be transported back to the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Age of the Dinosaur, a Natural History Museum exhibition, gives you a glimpse of life as it was 65 million years ago. Featuring around 50 real specimens, realistic models, CGI, full-scale animatronics and stunning film footage, Age of the Dinosaur paints an evocative picture and tells a compelling scientific story of a vital period in Earth’s history. The exhibition is grounded firmly in the latest scientific theories about how dinosaurs would have looked and sounded – from the feathered coating of the Velociraptor, to the bellow of a Camarasaurus calling its mate. A close relative of T-Rex and the creature that links birds and dinosaurs are just two of the primitive beings brought back to life. Ultra-realistic habitats and intriguing sounds and smells add to the experience.

As you enter the exhibition, you’ll see the whole of history on a large-scale timeline from the Triassic period to the present day, before exploring Jurassic specimens that reveal the climate, biodiversity and geography of this era. An atmospheric underwater area depicts ocean life from this period as animals, fish and ammonites swim past, and you can see specimens from the deep close up. At the Cretaceous watering hole, strange sounds fill the air and accurate recreations of trees, plants, animals and insects complete the sensory experience. Suddenly, there’s a dramatic stand-off between a Protoceratops and a Velociraptor. And what’s that roaring in the distance…?

In a special discovery area, you can turn detective and learn how our planet looked in the days of the dinosaurs by interacting with exhibits and handling real specimens. In the final part of the exhibition, learn about the extinction of the dinosaurs, travel forwards in time to the present day, and imagine what the world will be like in 65 million years. What kind of animals will roam the Earth then?

Tyne & Wear Museums has just published their latest timetable of workshops, courses and activity sessions that take place at various Tyne & Wear Museums venues. Activities on offer range from traditional crafts, behind the scenes tours, archaeology events and gallery talks. You can see their brochure of what’s on offer here…

We’ve updated the website today to include the latest Go North East #35 bus service timetable that comes into effect from 2nd June 2013. This bus runs along Westoe Road and Fowler Street at the bottom of our street in South Shields and departs every ten minutes taking passengers to and from South Shields, Sunderland, University of Sunderland, Sunderland Royal Hospital and Houghton-le-Spring. You can see the latest #35 bus timetable here…